The Sideman
I found Nicky Hopkins playing piano on so many records in my record collection and when he died young in the 90s, I thought someone likely would make a film about […]
Believe In Sanity Clause?
Many contracts are made up of language that is harder to understand than an announcement on a TTC subway platform. Bob Snider once told me his manager, Shelly, was his shark […]
Grasshopper, not.
I had a meeting once when I was twenty something with a composer named Robert Mundinger and we spoke about scoring films which he did and which I wanted to […]
Aligning The Anger Chakras
I was in a yoga class in Hamilton in the 1990s. I lived nearby in the country and doing yoga with Phil meant the word to me but at […]
God Finds Cats
Been looking for a logo for my record label called – God FInds Cats. Probably start with the release of Sam Larkin’s posthumously completed collection of 12 songs entitled The Secret […]
Attention Shoppers
Why bother writing a song about this when the photo says it all.
Crack Is No Worse Than The Fascist Threat
Carmaig disappeared into fatherhood a few years ago. I look forward to him reappearing with more of his important messages I don’t have a doubt that crack’s destructive But I also know […]
Message From Bodhisattva
While babysitting went to a yoga store to buy a special back massaging gizmo for my poor sore back and at the front of the store there we saw a […]
It’s Not A Unicorn It’s An Elephant
“O.B.E. over here Lord Mountbatten.” said Sir John Lennon Video here.
Shit Songs
I’m organizing my class at Centennial College on songwriting and was busy organizing examples of great songs when I realized I was making a mistake. It’s way more interesting to […]